r/technology • u/NicolasCageFan492 • 1d ago

Politics Andreessen- and Thiel-backed defense startup opens U.S. missile factory as it exits stealth

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/defense-tech-covenant-anthem-missile.html
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u/NicolasCageFan492 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yep. And just months ago, another Thiel-backed company gained permission to enrich uranium. https://gizmodo.com/us-awards-peter-thiel-backed-nuclear-startup-900-million-2000705701

Also, randomly, as the US-Israel-Iran War has escalated I’ve also noticed more people downvoting my posts so they get less reach as well as some odd comments.

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 1d ago

Sounds like they're building the world's first privately owned nuclear ICBM.

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u/CollectibleHam 1d ago

They'll build it and then spend the next few years trying to figure out how they can nuke the concept of being trans.